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G. P. LARKIN. DEVICE FOR BLOCKING HAT BODIES.

No. 435,145. Patented Aug. 26, 1890.

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G. P. LARKIN. DEVICE FOR BLOCKING HAT BODIES.

No. 435,145. Patented Aug. 26, 189 0.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. LARKIN, OF NEWARK, NElV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEYVARK HAT BLOCK COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR BLOCKING HAT-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,145, dated August 26, 1890.

Application filed December 10,1889. Serial No. 333,218. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: resented in horizontal section. Fig. is a Be it known that I, GEORGE F. LARKIN, a view similar to Fig. 3,with the metal strap or citizen of the United States, residing at Newband removed, but showing the looking or ark, in the county of Essex and State of New fastening device inserted in 'the said flange; 5 Jersey, have invented certain new and useful and Fig. 6 is a vertical section of Fig. 3. On Improvements in Devices for Blocking I-lat- Sheet 2, Fig. 7 illustrates in plan view the Bodies; and I do hereby declare the following metal strap formed or struck into shape. Fig. to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the 8 is a blank of one of the ends of said strap, invention, such as will enable others skilled and Fig. 9 is a perspective View of the same. 10 in the art to which it appertains to make and Fig. 10 is a top view of one part of the lockuse the same, reference being had to the acing device. Fig.'11 is a vertical section of companying drawings, and to letters of referthe same part, taken through line y in said ence marked thereon, which form a part of Fig. 10; and Fig. 12 is the same part in perthis specification. spective. Fig. 18 is a side elevation of a r 5 The present invention relates to improvewedge-shaped plug which fits into the part ments in hat-blocking devices; and it consists illustrated in said last-mentioned figures; and more especially in providing the brimform- Fig. 14 is a vertical section of the ends of the ing flange thereof with means whereby the metal band and the several parts of the locksame is prevented from being split when the ing or fastening device, illustrating the man- 2o block used in such devices is driven tight nor of putting said parts together before inagainstthe hat-body in the process of formsertion into the recessed part in the flange. ing the hat. In the process of forminghats the hat-body A further object is to provide the flange in which has been previously steamed is shaped such devices withametal strap or band, which or formed between the hat-block and the 2 5 serves as a guide for the point of the knife in flange. Said flange as heretofore made was cutting off the rough edge of the brim of the provided with the peripheral recess or groove hat-body, and which also prevents the cutting shown in the drawings, and then the brim of away of the upper edge of the annular groove the hat having been drawn over the flange is or recess in the periphery of the flange, which fastened around the flange by means of a 0 is the great objection in the brim-forming cord arranged on the outside of the hat-body flanges now ordinarily used. My improved directly above said recess. The hat is then flange is designed to remedy these defects. formed by means of pressure exerted upon In the accompanying two sheets of drawthe block, which is tightly driven into the ings, in which is illustrated my invention, flange. While cutting away the rough edge 35 similar letters of reference are employed to around the-brim of the hat, the point of a indicate corresponding parts in each of the sharp knife, which is inserted through the several views. material into the recess above the cord, there'- In said views, Figure 1 is a plan view of a by'often causes the upper edge of the recess hat-block and my improved flange. Fig. 2 is or groove around the flange to be cut and de- 40 a side elevation of the same, illustraiingafelt stroyed. The flange also very often splits hat stretched between the block and the across the weakest part thereof when the flange, and also over the latter, and fastened block is tightly driven home. thereto by means of a cord. Fig. 3 is a side The improved hat-blocking device shown elevation of a flange having a metal strap or herein consists of the ordinary block A and 5 45 band arranged in the groove therein provided the flange B, provided with a peripheral rewith a looking or fastening means for securcess or groove 1) cut away therein. This re in g the ends of the strap thereto, which means cess is angular in cross-section, as illustrated, fit into a cut-away or recessed portion in said and into the same is fitted my metal strap or flange. Fig. 4 represents the flange in plan band 0, corresponding in length to that of I00 50 with a part thereof and the ends of the metai" the groove 1), and which is bent, as shown more 'strap and the looking or fastening device repespecially in Fig. 7, to provide the shoulder c. The ends of said strap or band are hookshaped, as at c and 0 The flange has a cut-away or recessed portion or chamber 1), (see Fig. 4,) into which fits a looking or fastening device, to which the hook-shaped ends of the strap or band 0 are attached. Said fastening device consists of a portion d, into which is fitted and is securely but removably arrangedtherein in a pocket 01, formed by "portion or ledge d in the portion d, as shown in Figs. 4 and-5, and the other hooked end of the metal strap is brought over the top side 6 of the wedge-shaped portion e and around the end 6 thereof and fitted into the slot or cut 6 in the said wedge-shaped portion. When the hooked ends 0 and c of the metal strap or band have been attached, to the portions 01 and 6, respectively, said portion dis inserted or placed into the recess or chamber 1) in the flange, the strap arranged around the same in the groove or recess b, and the wedge-shaped portion a, to which the other end of the strap has been attached, is placed into the correspondinglyshaped pocket d in the portion (1, so that the inclined side e slides down upon the similarlyinclined side of the wall 02 and is thereby firmly held in place in said pocket (Z'. A pin f may be driven through the portions d and e to prevent said parts from falling apart when the metal strap or band has been arranged around the flange B in the recess or groove 19 therein.

In Fig. 2 is shown the manner of arranging the hat-body between the block and flange upon which the same is to be formed. As shown, the hat-body g is arranged over the blockA and pulled over the flange B, and that part of the body which forms the hat-brim is tied or fastened by means of a string or cord h around the flange and over the shouldered metal band 0 on the outer side of the material, as is clearly illustrated. The said metal band or strap is angular in crosssection, as has been stated, to provide the shoulder c, which shoulder is abovethe upper edge of the cord when the same has been secured around the hat-body. When the point of a knife is inserted above the upper edge of the cord and below the shoulder c and through the material, said knife is forced along the shoulder c, which acts as a guide, and the brim of the hat is thereby evenly and smoothly out. By employing this metal band or strap around the flange there is no danger of cutting the upper wooden edge of the recess or groove 6, and thereby spoiling the markingedge upon the flange, and to which the brim of the hat is trimmed.

Another great objection to the use of the or dinary hat-brim-forming flange without the metal strap is that in constantly drawing the steamed hat-body over the flange and cording the same around said flange the sharp wooden edge above the groove in the periphery of the being formed, can be removed therefrom and correctly and evenly trimmed when dry around said mark formed by the sharp shoulder 0 on the metal band or strap, as W111 readily be understood. Furthermore, flanges as heretofore made, which are not provlded with my metal band, very often in apply ng avery great pressure to the block are caused to split across the weakest part of the same in the direction of the grain of the wood, which renders the flange useless.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. In a device for blocking hats, a brimforming flange provided with a 7-shaped peripheral groove and a 7-shaped metal strap or band therein, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a device for blocking hats, a brimforming flange provided with an angular groove around the periphery thereof, and a correspondingly-shaped band or strap therein having on its opposite ends hooks formed integrally thereon, which extend into a pocket or chamber for attaching said band or strap, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a device for blocking hats, a brimforming flange provided with agroove extending around the periphery thereof, a metal band or strap therein, and a fastening device arranged in a pocket or chamber in one side of the flange for connecting the ends of said band or strap for securing the same in said groove, for the purposes set forth.

4. In a hat-blocking device, a brim-forming flange provided with a metal band or strap bent angular-1y to form a shoulder, the free ends of said strap being formed into hooks, and a fastening device arranged in a pocket or chamber in one side of the flange, to which said hooks are attached, and thereby securing said strap or band to the flange, for the purposes set forth.

5. In a hat-blockin g device, a brim-forming flange provided with a metal band or strap bent angularly to form a shoulder, hook c thereon hooked over a ledge in the portion d, which is arranged in a chamber 1) in said flange, a hook c on the opposite end of said strap adapted to be hooked into a slot in a wedge -shaped portion e, which fits into a pocket in the portion d, and a pin for securing said parts together, for the purposes set forth.

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6. In a hat-blocking device, in the brimfornling flange therein, aiooking or fastening device consisting of portions cl and 6, said portion d being provided With a ledge d waiis d and d forming a pocket, and a portion e, fitting into said pocket, and a strap or band arranged around said flange, the ends of which strap are hook-shaped, for attaching the same to the portions d and e, and thereby securing the same to the flange, for the purposes set forth.

'7. The herein-described metal band or strap bent 7-shaped in cross-section to form a shoulder and provided with hook-shaped ends, as set forth.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. CAMFIELD. 

